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CVE-2015-8648

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8648 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and related SDKs across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, posing a high risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including reports of active exploitation at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20.0.0.204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 18.0.0.268CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.185CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.185:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.207CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.207:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.226CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:19.0.0.226:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0737 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.559-1.el6_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8648Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01

Dec 28, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00045.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00046.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00048.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201601-03
securityfocus.com / bid/79701
securitytracker.com / id/1034544
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-15-652